Diane E. Read, 37, of Middlesex Township was charged Friday with two felony counts each of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and homicide by vehicle in the May 17 crash that killed two passengers. The convenience store struck by the car is being renovated and is expected to open as a Coen Markets store.

Nearly seven months after a car occupied by three women — all neighbors — slammed into a convenience store on Route 8 in Middlesex Township, killing both passengers, police have charged the driver.

Diane E. Read, 37, of Middlesex Township, was more than twice the state's legal limit for alcohol May 17 when she drove into the former CoGo's, township police said.

Kimberly Young, 39, and Patricia Collins, 36, died of injuries in the crash, according to investigators.

Read is to turn herself in later this week on two felony counts each of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and homicide by vehicle.

Read more in Monday's Butler Eagle